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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 82642

A specialized blood test that measures the level of a specific chemical substance as part of a broader laboratory work-up. Doctors order this kind of targeted test to help investigate a particular metabolic, hormonal, or organ-function question raised by symptoms or other test results. A standard blood draw is all that's needed to collect the sample.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Specialized Blood Chemistry Test cost?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$26.30$23.99 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$56.23 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $35 to $129Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $19 to $71
$20$50$100facility $76professional $26

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$27.54
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$56.23
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$35.48
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$38.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Nebraska than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

South Dakota· 23rd of 51

$27.54

NE $43.65VT $21.88

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.